Experimental and numerical investigation of shock wave propagation through complex geometry, gas continuous, two-phase media

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/379955· OSTI ID:379955

Liu, James Chien-Chih ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

The work presented here investigates the phenomenon of shock wave propagation in gas continuous, two-phase media. The motivation for this work stems from the need to understand blast venting consequences in the HYLIFE inertial confinement fusion (ICF) reactor. The HYLIFE concept utilizes lasers or heavy ion beams to rapidly heat and compress D-T targets injected into the center of a reactor chamber. A segmented blanket of failing molten lithium or Li₂BeF₄ (Flibe) jets encircles the reactors central cavity, shielding the reactor structure from radiation damage, absorbing the fusion energy, and breeding more tritium fuel.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR00033
• OSTI ID: 379955
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/00033-T565; UCRL-ID-116871; ON: DE94001408; TRN: 94:000750
• Resource Relation: Other Information: TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
SHOCK WAVES
WAVE PROPAGATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SHOCK TUBES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT